Beyond the reaches of the human world, there is somewhere where a completely different universe exists. Unlike Earth, these worlds do are not prisoners to the laws of time and science. This world—the Magical Universe—shas its own kind of science.

Magic.

But one law of sciences that this universe does have is that every being, power, and element had a polar opposite. Like light and dark, there will always be an opposing force to each magic. Though, social opposing forces do exist here as well. Earth had cliches, but here they have something different. The rivalry of faries and witches. It is this rivalry that throws this story into existence...

"What?!" I exclaimed angrily.

I didn't care about my tone really at this point so I couldn't be bothered. Normally, I do not have to try hard to keep my temper in check. Under normal circumstances, I would be calm and collected, which is my norm. But these aren't normal circumstances, so I'll let my once-in-a-blue-moon temper out just this once.

Currently, I am standing at the gates of the best fairy school in the Magic Dimension; Alfea. I had just recently discovered I had magic a little over three months ago through an... Accident that I had with one of my friends. Almost instantly I pushed the thought away. When I had reached Alfea I went over to the Head of Discipline—Grizelda—to sign in for my enrollment. The school year was too soon for me to sign up in advance, so I thought this would do. So forth, Grizelda had asked me to cast a simple spell to prove I was a fairy or not.

I had done just that by making a night-black sphere float in between my palms for several seconds. As I did, several of the faries in the line behind me started to whisper amongst themselves. A few gasped softly as I cast the spell, but I kept my attention fixed on Grizelda. But her reaction wasn't any better.

"You, young lady, are a witch! Witches are strictly forbidden at Alfea! Now go before I have to call security!" Grizelda snapped, glaring at me through her glasses.

It was a simple mistake to make, but I am indeed a fairy. To be honest, I have not yet transformed. Though on Earth I have a vision showing me with wings and flying through the air, so I knew I was not a witch.

"Uh... I think you may be mistaken," I corrected calmly. "I am not a witch. My power source just happens to be-," I explained.

"Shadows and darkness! Fairies cannot possess such magic! Now since I have had a good day before you came along, I'll contact Headmistress Griffin and let her know that an especially deceitful witch will be joining her school," she stiffed.

Deceitful?!

"I'm sorry, but I am a-," I started before she interrupted, again.

"Witch," stated. "Now get out of my sight."

I sighed softly. Why would she think I'm a witch? My powers may be connected to darkness and shadows, but that doesn't mean I am not a fairy. But if this is how it's going to be—seemingly there is no way to get Grizelda to believe me—then maybe Alfea is not the right place for me. I don't have anything against witches, so... Maybe Cloud Tower wouldn't be such a bad idea.

"Okay, which way is Cloud Tower?" I asked calmly.

Before she answered she glared at me, as if she was thinking if I had done some weird prank or something."Just keep walking away from Alfea and then you'll find it. Now shoo!"

"Bye," I said half-heartedly as I turned around and started walking away. I didn't care enough about Grizelda's tone towards me enough to keep arguing with her. Then I looked back once more to face her. "Hasn't it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason witches are not as 'sunny' as fairies is that they get treated rudely?" I questioned as I walked away.

I didn't get to see her reaction to my words, but based on her personality she probably wasn't pleased. Much to my liking, as she was probably scandalized that I would talk to her—a member of authority—like that. Her silence as I walked away was mildly amusing.

After a few steps, I had gotten out of the view of Alfea and had gone into the dark forest. As I kept walking I caught the glances of a few fairies who were eyeing me weirdly as they made their way towards the school. I sighed, exasperated, as I continued to walk faster. And trying to lose their curious gazes.

Just when I thought I was going to go to Alfea, the best fairy school there is. Now instead, I'm going to a school for witches. I have nothing against them. It's just that I don't like... The rude ones if that makes sense. Enrolling into a school for witches is more nerve-wracking than doing the same for a school for faries.

About ten minutes passed and I had lost any sight of the faries. Yes, I was now alone. No more faries staring at me and wondering why I wasn't going towards Alfea. I found myself in a dark part of the forest. The storm—which made me feel serene in a way—from the witch school was merging with the blue sky and overtaking it.

I do like the day like any normal person—no, magi—but I feel a vague stirring inside me when it gets dark. I get more focused, my senses heighten, and my powers get stronger. As well that I feel calmer when the light turns to shadow. I walked past a certain patch of trees when I felt major amounts of dark magic. I froze and looked to my left.

The negative energy was not a normal major. It was more than just being in close proximity to Cloud Tower.

It was like a cold chill crept into the air. Then I felt a seriously milder but identical chill make its way into me. I took in a short breath through my mouth; surprised at this new change in temperature.

Then I heard several female voices talking. I couldn't make out what they were saying nor the distinction between the voices. I know I shouldn't be eavesdropping, but it's my thing and I can't resist doing it after all these years.

So I hid behind a tall pine tree, pressing my back into it. Facing the opposite direction of the voices. I didn't want to look into the clearing and have the chance of being caught. Soon I became aware of how loud my breathing was getting.

Kat, calm down otherwise you're gonna get yourself killed, I told myself. I consciously started to slow down my breathing and making sure I don't start shaking. Though I allowed a small shiver from the cold that I have been holding in. Then I began to listen more closely to what the witches- based on their negative energy that I could feel-were discussing.

"This is the year we will succeed in activating them," A cold voice said determinedly, but evilly. "And afterwards we will go after the ultimate power."

It seems as if I was listening towards more of the end of their discussion; as if I just came across something I shouldn't be hearing. But still, I haven't stopped eavesdropping for years and I'm not going to stop now. Especially because I'm intrigued by what they are saying.

"Are you sure it will work though? I mean, don't get me wrong your plans will indeed lead to world domination. But we don't even know where the power is," a calmer, but still rather evil voice stated.

"Or in what form," a third voice added plainly. "And we've tried to activate the Vacuums before. Many times before."

If whoever is talking doesn't even know where or what this 'power' they're searching for is, it looks like a lost cause. And the second voice seemed to think the same. Though... What was the 'activating' part about? What are the Vacuums? These girls are very unlikely to be talking about home appliances based on their tone.

"I don't care. The only way we'll be able to take hold here is to take control of the Vacuums. And afterwards-," the first voice began once more.

Ultimate power?

"-We will find the ultimate power. Even if we have to look on every-," the cold voice started before she stopped suddenly. "It seems, sisters, that we are being watched."

The witch's tone was deadly, and from that, I guessed that whoever these girls are... They don't take kindly to spys. Which isn't going to go well for me since I was, after all, eavesdropping on them. Then I heard a pair of footsteps walking towards me slowly.

Quickly, I tensed and barely resisted the strong urge inside of me to run, due to the fact they will probably spot me and I don't think I would be able to take three witches with power-hungry tendencies. Not that I could take on three withes without power-hungry tendencies.

Dragons I have to hurry! Come on! I have magic so I just need to find a way to get out of here! The footsteps were getting louder and closer, and the negative aura from these witches was only getting stronger and stronger.

Think of something! I know I can control shadows so I can use that. Maybe I could turn into a shadow, but I don't even know if I can do that. I barely know how to use and control my magic. That's the reason I went to Magix in the first place!

"Whoever eavesdropped on us is dead," the third voice said irritatedly. I flinched at the witch's words and quickly made the decision to try to turn into a shadow. It is all I have at the moment and it's either risk doing that, or get caught.

I closed my eyes and focused on the magic inside of me; diving down into the whirlpool of emotions that I was feeling. This absolutely has to work. A few seconds went by and nothing happened. Why isn't this working?

Calm down. Just stay calm and this will work. Just believe in yourself.

I took in a deep breath and tried to clear my head. Then I slowly felt fear flowing through me—sort of cold and hard like metal—and I slowly felt myself melt into the shadow below me. It felt cold but oddly comforting.

Oh Dragons I did it!

I heard more footsteps really close. The cold feeling was almost unbearable. I gasped slightly before I focused on the shadows surrounding me and started moving them in a may that pushed me forward. And I plan on not stopping until I'm far away from those witches...

"Who was there?" the calm-ish witch questioned, walking over to where the first witch was standing at the tree Kat had once used for shelter.

"Sisters..." the cold witch said calmly as she caught a glimpse of Kat, in shadow form, disappearing into the trees. The fairy had thought she had made it away without being seen. "I think... That spy is going to be at Cloud Tower very, very, soon." The witch was musing as she said that. As if she was looking forward to running into the spy once more.

The witches' quest had been and still was to gain the Ultimate Power, but now they had something to look forward to at their senior year at Cloud Tower besides tedious classes. When they find out who that spy was, the three witches will make sure she pays.

And the Trix will not let the spy get away easily.

7/11/2021

I really hope you all enjoy this story! Kat is my OC as well as Winx persona, and there will be more of my OC's in this story. This book takes place in s1 of Winx Club and a few chapters follow the events of events in the show. I do not own Winx Club, nor the events in this story that are identical to the shows.